Help needed to prepare for climate change

As developing countries become more vulnerable to climate change, China yesterday urged developed nations to speed up the transfer of resources in order to mitigate the impact.

In its latest assessment report released on Friday, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change concluded that poor communities and developing countries are particularly vulnerable to climate change.

"I would like to appeal to developed countries to accelerate their funding for adaptation research and speed up the transfer of adaptation technology and cooperate with developing countries in working out solutions," Yang Xiongnian, a representive of the Ministry of Agriculture, said yesterday.